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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Aug 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Amee Vanderpool

    Trump wants to swap & trade American territories like he's playing Risk while @jonathanchait thinks the word "colonialism" is esoteric & beyond the ken of ordinary people.https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1296199736060510221 …

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    Former Trump Official Miles Taylor revealed that Trump said he wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland even though they are Americans because they were "dirty and poor." He also confirmed it was obviously not a joke. pic.twitter.com/ySlvDAIK4R
    3:52 PM - 19 Aug 2020
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    • Fat Rat 2020 Stephanie Asplund "Remember to Love Each Other" Cooney Brian Hacker The Scorpio King Marcel G supports 🇺🇦🌻 Vinay Gorur t-gon schiele Stand with Ukraine! amid the tumult🌻
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      1. Brian Moore‏ @brian_g_moore 19 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @jonathanchait

        Because that would totally have been an OK joke for the President of the United States to have made. No problem.

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      2. End The Wars‏ @atomicparmesan 19 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @jonathanchait

        I’m blocked can’t see

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      3. Pseudonymous‏ @PseudonymousRex 19 Aug 2020
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        Incognito.

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      1. Brent Staples‏Verified account @BrentNYT 19 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @jonathanchait

        "elite" "elitist" etc - a rhetorical tic, now devoid of meaning

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      2. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 19 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @jonathanchait

        The worst Jeet is the guy who thinks this is clever reasoning: “this bad thing is happening but a person a few clicks to my right thinks an unrelated thing is also bad haha now I’ll get 500 likes from the lefty bleachers.”

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Aug 2020
        Replying to @DamonLinker @jonathanchait

        I think it's useful to have a political language that includes terms to "colonialism" to describe Trump's attitude towards Puerto Rico. It helps explain his actions. To eschew terms like colonialism because it'll offend hypothetical 70 year old white non college person is odd.

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      1. Nick Lindare‏ @dropgop86 19 Aug 2020
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        Meanwhile Where the fuck is unemployment Where the fuck are the tests

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      1. Downpuppy, since 1783‏ @Downpuppy 19 Aug 2020
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        Just noting that most Greenlanders are Inuit

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      1. Aaron Wren‏ @AaronWren86 19 Aug 2020
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        I’m normally a fan of Chaits, but that rubbed me the wrong way and seemed condescending. I’m from working class folks and many a proud self proclaimed redneck and most of not all would know those terms. Whereas our Ivy League president likely understands few of them...

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